MISS HELEN KELLER IN CHRISTCHURCH.—The blind and deaf American writer and scholar, Miss Helen Keller (left), photographed with her secretary-companion, Miss Polly Thompson, during a press conference at her hotel soon after her arrival late yesterday afternoon. AUSTRALIAN FLYING-BOAT ARRIVES AT WIGRAM.—A photograph taken at the Wigram air station early yesterday morning just after the arrival of a Royal Australian Air Force Catalina amphibian flying-boat from Macquarie Island (an Australian dependency in the sub-Antarctic) and Hobart. Wing Commander F. R. Dix (left), commanding officer at Wigram, and Squadron Leader G. R. Brabyn (second from left) are seen greeting Flight Lieutenant B. R. Bradley, one of the Catalina’s officers. Alighting from the aircraft is Warrant Officer J. P. Sheehy.

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MISS HELEN KELLER IN CHRISTCHURCH.—The blind and deaf American writer and scholar, Miss Helen Keller (left), photographed with her secretary-companion, Miss Polly Thompson, during a press conference at her hotel soon after her arrival late yesterday afternoon.

AUSTRALIAN FLYING-BOAT ARRIVES AT WIGRAM.—A photograph taken at the Wigram air station early yesterday morning just after the arrival of a Royal Australian Air Force Catalina amphibian flying-boat from Macquarie Island (an Australian dependency in the sub-Antarctic) and Hobart. Wing Commander F. R. Dix (left), commanding officer at Wigram, and Squadron Leader G. R. Brabyn (second from left) are seen greeting Flight Lieutenant B. R. Bradley, one of the Catalina’s officers. Alighting from the aircraft is Warrant Officer J. P. Sheehy.